The hair growth diet

There are many different reasons we lose our hair, and many different factors can affect hair loss, from ageing to genes. There are also some lifestyle factors that can affect our hair.

Your diet can play a part in the health of your hair and today we’re going to look into what foods can help you keep your hair healthy.

Hair loss and your diet

Diet plays a hugely important part in the health of your hair. Your daily nutrition can affect the growth and appearance of our hair. Your hair is comprised of the second fasted-growing cell in your body and you have around 120,000 hairs growing on your scalp at any given time, all of these hairs need support.

Both hair and scalp problems can arise from a deficiency or an excess of certain nutrients in your diet, and some can be the one and only cause of your hair loss. For example, an iron deficiency can cause hair loss, and on the other hand, too much vitamin A can be a cause of hair loss.

Eggs

Eggs are rich in Vitamin B as well as having a high amount of the vitamin biotin. Biotin is essential for both hair growth and the overall health of your scalp and helps to fight hair loss. Nutrients such as iron, zinc and Omega 6 all help hair growth and can be found in eggs.

Protein

Protein works to promote hair growth and helps your hair stay strong and healthy. Foods such as fish, chicken and beef all have a high amount of protein in and can help with hair growth.

Eating lean fresh beef can give you great hair growth results as beef also contains Vitamin B, as does Salmon. Salmon has a great source of omega-3 too and holds other minerals and vitamins, which can improve dry hair.

Spinach

Spinach is an important food when it comes to the health of your hair. Spinach contains a good source of iron, Vitamin A and C as well as protein, all of which can help fight hair loss.

The leafy vegetable contains sebum, which, acts as a natural container improving the health of the hair. Omega-3 acid, potassium, magnesium, iron and calcium, all found in spinach help to maintain a healthy scalp.

Sweet potato

Sweet potatoes contain a good amount of vitamin A, which is necessary for cell growth, including hair. A lack of vitamin A can lead to dry and brittle hair. However, if you have too much vitamin A in your diet it can lead to hair loss, it is important to get a healthy balanced diet to control this.

Copper, Iron, and protein are all essential for keeping hair loss issues at bay as they make the tissues of hair and scalp stronger. All of these nutrients are also found in sweet potatoes.

A balanced diet

A balanced diet is vital to the health of your hair. It is important to give your body all of the nutrients and vitamins you need to keep your body and hair healthy.

Try eating a portion of protein (fish, chicken, lean meat, eggs) for breakfast and lunch each day with a portion of complex carbohydrates (whole wheat toast, potato’s, pasta, brown rice) and see if this improves the health of your hair. If you enjoy snacks, try snacking on nuts and seeds, which, can also help with the health of your hair.